Open AccessIs accident frequency a reliable indicator of industrial conflict?
Author(s) -
John B. Penney,
Nicholas A. Hamilton
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
new zealand journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0110-0637
DOI - 10.26686/nzjir.v7i1.3507
Subject(s) - absenteeism , accident (philosophy) , industrial accident , industrial relations , economics , psychology , social psychology , management , environmental health , medicine , philosophy , epistemology
This article presents the results of research into the relationship of labour turnover, absenteeism and accident frequency to organised manifestations of industrial conflict in a New Zealand industrial environment. It supports previous research findings of an additive relationship between labour turnover and absenteeism and lost time due to industrial disputes. However, an inverse relationship is found between accident frequency and the other three expressions of conflict. A possible reason for this anomaly is proposed.